CSDB STUDIO Features
In CSDB STUDIO for S1000D you will find:
- Support for multiple major versions of the S1000D standard from 5.0 to 2.3
- S1000D Content Management
- S1000D CSDB repository that supports SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, H2 for the backend storage
- S1000D data import/export/interchange
- Configuration management
- Applicability
- Common information repository
- Integrity of all data module, publication module and illustration references
- Container data modules
- SDC-based filtering
- Automatic compilation of PMs
- Automatic numbering and coding of DMs, Illustrations and PMs
- Drag-n-drop-based moving of DMs between SNS Items
- Versioning and version control
- Full change history of any SNS, DM, Illustrations or PMs
- Rollback to any historical version of DM or PM
- Access control
- Define users, user groups or sub-groups
- Optionally, grant different users or groups access to different projects or even SNS branches
- Keyword search for data modules, publication modules and illustrations based on their content and/or titles
- Show inbound and outbound references for pms, dms and illustrations in CSDB Studio
- S1000D Authoring
- Author in our built-in CSS-controlled WYSIWYG editor
- Use drag-and-drop to deploy references and illustrations
- Rely on the editor to help you following the S1000D schema
- Easily check in/out DMs from/to CSDB for editing
- External editor support for editing and reference insertion
- Data dictionary tooltips for S1000D elements and attributes
- Keyword search for information types
- Editor CSS stylesheets editing for the built-in editor
- XPath support in CSS and Search and Replace of CSDB Studio editor, DOM (read-only) support in the editor data model
- Fragment explorer and fragment reference insertion in CSDB Studio
- S1000D Validation (both Schema and BREX)
- S1000D Content Store
- Centrally store your illustrations, DMs and PMs
- Check-in/out your DMs, illustrations and PMs no matter where you are: all you need to collaborate with your team is an HTTP connection to the CSDB STUDIO server
- Use one of the industry-standard database engines: Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL
- Publishing (IETM, PDF, XML)
- PDF CSS/Layout editing and File Explorer added to CSDB Studio
- Review Console - a dedicated simplified user interface for content reviewers
- S1000D Workflow
- Define your own workflows
- Move DMs from one state to another
- Receive workflow-related e-mail notifications
- Automatically generated workflow diagram
- Import/export/interchange
- Configuration management
- Applicability
- Common information repository
- Integrity of all data module, publication module and illustration references
- Container data modules
- SDC-based filtering
- Automatic compilation of PMs
- Automatic numbering and coding of DMs, Illustrations and PMs
- Versioning and version control
- Full change history of any SNS, DM, Illustrations or PMs
- Rollback to any historical version of DM or PM
- Access control
- Define users, user groups or sub-groups
- Optionally, grant different users or groups access to different projects or even SNS branches
- S1000D Conversion
- Copy Microsoft Word or HTML content right into our built-in editor and tag it up using our conversion feature set.
- See tables and illustrations automatically converted.
- Content distribution/delivery
- Standalone, subscription-based IETM Web Server with full user account management and automatic updates from CSDB
- Standalone IETM publishing (IETM delivered on hard media, such as USB drive or DVD-ROM)
- IETM (Interactive Technical Manual) Viewer
- 2D hotspots
- 3D animation and hotspots
- Run-time applicability filtering
- Configurable IETM screen copy/paste protection
- PDF layout customization
- CSS-driven PDF layout and layout customization methodology
- Full CSDB STUDIO Restful API providing platform-neutral programmatic access to all aspects of CSDB STUDIO Server
